Re: mds, Harrison, and a thrilling sports blog/picks challenge - Ver. 2.0
February 8th* NBA recap:- Magic (22-28) 96, Hawks (30-23) 94. After dominating the 1st quarter 30-19 behind the backcourt of Evan Fournier (7-14 FG, 3-5 treys, 4-4 FT, 21 pts, 5 rebs) and Victor...
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Going to speed through this, as the Super Bowl sucked and so did we when it came to this competition.We agreed on the following picks: 1-3, 6, 9-13, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24-25, 29-31, 33A, 34, 36-47,...
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Want additional evidence as to just how utterly stupid the polls are in college sports? It was beyond obvious that Villanova's win at Providence coupled with Oklahoma's loss at K State would vault the...
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February 9th* NBA recap:- - Cavaliers (37-14) 120, Kings (21-31) 100. Cleveland shot 16-35 from downtown behind Kyrie Irving (13-21 FG, 5-8 treys, 32 pts, 12 asts, 2 TO) and J.R. Smith (8-18 FG,...
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Not only should it be noted that the supposed #2 team in the nation is playing a Division-II school in February, I'd argue that it should be punished. But, no, the Terps have totally proven themselves...
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February 10th* NBA recap:- - Spurs (44-8) 119, Heat (29-24) 101. LaMarcus Aldridge (10-16 FG, 8-8 FT, 28 pts, 4 asts) and Kawhi Leonard (11-17 FG, 23 pts, 9 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls) helped visiting San...
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Can't wait for Roy Williams experiencing a bout of vertigo to continue to be spun as some magical inspiration for UNC winning games that they should win. Rallied past embarrassingly bad BC - they did...
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February 11th* NBA recap:- - * NHL recap:- - Rangers (67) 3, Penguins (61) 0. Henrik Lundqvist: 34-save shutout.- Red Wings (64) 3, Senators (56) 1. Petr Mrazek: 22 saves.* Other stuff: PicksI hit...
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Just an advance note to ESPN that #4 Iowa is an underdog at unranked Indiana (and #11 Oregon might see its line swing in that direction before tip-off at Cal; edit: yep, it did), but I'm sure that...
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February 12th* NBA recap:- Bucks (22-32) 99, Wizards (23-28) 92. These two clubs toggled dominating individual quarters, but in typical Washington fashion, the visiting Wiz did their work in the odd...
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First post purely for spacing reasons in a while, but at least there a few more notable teams on the slate than normal.- #17 Arizona (20-5) 81, UCLA (13-11) 75. As obnoxious as the possibility was...
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February 13th* NHL recap:- Kings (69) 5, Rangers (68) 4 (OT). A wild tilt at MSG appeared to finally go New York's way when Kevin Hayes' power play goal (PP G, A) with just under five minutes to...
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Have to love the rematch of the game of the year thus far taking place at 2:30 PM, ensuring that basically no one will be watching.- #1 Villanova/St. John's- #2 Maryland/Wisconsin- #3 Oklahoma/#6...
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In checking the results on the tennis scoreboard this week, I realized that I should probably be posting updates on how my favorites are performing in their various tournaments. Per usual, this will...
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February 14th* NHL recap:- - Ducks (62) 3, Blackhawks (77) 2 (OT). Holy crap, Chicago lost a game in overtime. Brent Seabrook (2 G) countered two 3rd period tallies by visiting Anaheim with a snipe...
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While we tend to say things most years, this will legitimately be the worst bubble fray to date. Between Louisville/SMU being ineligible, blah teams consistently eking out stray wins over top teams to...
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February 15th* NBA All-Star Game recap:- * NHL recap:- Red Wings (67) 6, Bruins (66) 5. After falling into a 3-1 hole against visiting Boston, Detroit regained control when Pavel Datsyuk (2 PP G, A)...
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I am very shocked that the terrible voters didn't bump Kansas to #1. Just as shocked that Joe Lunardi's terrible bracket doesn't have KU as the top overall, either.- #2 Kansas (22-4) 94, Oklahoma...
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February 16th* NHL recap:- - Panthers () 2, Penguins () 1 (OT/SO). Blame everyone! - Stars (79) 3, Predators (62) 2 (OT). Things quieted down in Nashville after each club posted a pair of early...
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ESPN jumped the shark with their Lunardi/Bracketology oversaturation a few years ago, but the fact that the guy's work doesn't even make sense anymore makes the fact that his team "status updates"...
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